Painting Party!

Rachel and her friend Machaela taking a break!

My sister (Rachel) made it back to good ol' Nebraska from her 7 months abroad last Wednesday, and on Friday she moved into our 2nd floor apartment, so we have been busy getting her place fixed up and painted. First, here are some shots of the new hardwoods in her dining room, hallways, and entryway. My dad and Adam's dad both helped out a lot with the dining room, and Adam & I were able to finish the rest on our own. Thank goodness for handy dads!!! :)This past weekend, we helped my sister get some of the walls primed and painted. It was nice to have a few of her friends come over to help out as well. Rachel ended up going with a cream color for the dining room and opted for a brick red in the hallway. She also picked out a yellow for the kitchen, but we still have to get to that. Here are a few pics from our party.

Rachel, me, and Karlee working on the dining room.


Rachel up on the ladder painting the dining room trim red.

SO Busy!

haven't had the time to put together a post! Here's a summary of what we've been up to this
Sorry for the lack of posts, everyone! We've been so, So, SO busy with the house, that I justsummer:

1) Finished painting the kitchen
2) Repaired the plumbing in the upstairs bathroom
3) Installed a new toilet in the upstairs bathroom
4) Ripped out all the hardwood floors in the upstairs dining room, hallways, and entryway (yes, the cat pee got all the way down to the wood, boo)


5) Installed new hardwood flooring upstairs

I will try to get some pictures up when I get a chance, but thanks for reading, even though I'm such a bad blogger!Here is Aaron working hard at pulling up some toe boards. He was such a BIG help!! He and Adam basically pulled up all the floors in the dining room after Aaron took the crowbar from Amy and told her it was too hard for her to do!!

This is the empty dining room after we got all the floorboards up.

Here is Adam tossing wood out the window into our backyard.

And here I am organizing the wood into one giant pile. :)